Aintree
14:05
Boylesports Becher Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)
Aintree Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2023 Distance: 3m2f Type: Chase Going: Heavy Class: Class 1 Surface: Turf
Win: £19 Place: £5.10 £2.10 £2.40 Exacta: £149.40 Tricast: £744.62 Trifecta: £1119.40
Non-Runners: Minella Trump (unsuitable ground), Now Where Or When (unsuitable ground)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Prominent - led 17th - went clear run-in - stayed on - ridden out(op 20/1)
13 G AVG Venetia Williams 141 lbs 18/1 Won
2nd
Prominent - dropped to midfield when hit 2nd - headway before 2 out - went second last - no match for winner(op 8/1)
10 G AVG Gordon Elliott 163 lbs 6/1 13
3rd
Pressed leaders - left in lead 6th (Chair) - pecked on landing 7th - raced in second when headed 12th - hit 14th (Foinavon) - led 15th (Canal Turn) - pressed winner when headed 16th (Valentines) - went fourth before 2 out - no chance but went third again run-in(tchd 11/2)
9 G Poor L J Morgan 142 lbs 6/1 3.25
4th
Held up in last - steady headway from 15th (Canal Turn) - pressed winner 2 out - soon switched left - weakened run-in - finished tired(op 9/1)
13 G AVG Philip Hobbs & Johnson White 146 lbs 7/1 22
5th
Held up in rear - headway 5th - pressed leaders 10th - led 12th - mistake 14th - headed but prominent 15th - weakened before 2 out - tailed off - lost shoe (vet said gelding lost his right-hind shoe)(op 16/1)
7 G AVG Henry Daly 142 lbs 11/1 99
99th
Prominent - weakened 18th - pulled up after 3 out(op 20/1 tchd 25/1)
11 G AVG Seamus Mullins 146 lbs 22/1 -
99th
Midfield - dropped to rear when stumbled badly and almost fell 2nd - headway 7th - weakened after 16th (Canal Turn) - pulled up after 4 out(op 5/1)
11 G AVG Dan Skelton 146 lbs 13/2 -
99th
Prominent early - midfield when hampered 6th (Chair) - soon dropped to rear - weakened after 16th (Canal Turn) - pulled up before 3 out(op 5/1 tchd 9/2)
10 G AVG Joe Tizzard 153 lbs 11/2F -
99th
Prominent - lost position gradually from 11th - weakened after 14th - mistake 15th - pulled up after 18th - lost shoe (vet said gelding lost his left-hind shoe)(op 8/1 tchd 15/2)
9 G Poor Nigel Twiston-Davies 142 lbs 9/1 -
99th
Led - bad mistake and unseated 6th (Chair)(op 13/2)
11 G AVG Fergal O'Brien 153 lbs 7/1 -
99th
Midfield - towards rear 5th - some headway when mistake and unseated 10th(op 12/1)
11 G Poor S R B Crawford 142 lbs 10/1 -
99th
Held up in rear - mistake and unseated 6th (Chair)(op 33/1)
7 G AVG David Pipe 142 lbs 50/1 -